Hamas Warns of 3rd Intifada Amid Israeli West Bank Raids

Hamas officials said Sunday that Palestinians were headed toward a third intifada against Israel.

Hussam Badran, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, said that Palestinians were closer than ever to a “direct confrontation” with Israel.

He said that continued construction in the settlements, economic hardships and continued crackdown by the Palestinian Authority on freedoms and Hamas members was bringing the Palestinians closer to a third intifada.

Badran accused the PA security forces of working with the IDF against Hamas members in the West Bank.